Warbaby1943

You do realize that the vast majority of flags aren't even made in this country right? The one's I've checked tend to say China, Tiawan, and, if memory serves, Vietnam. Why an uproar about burning something that's not even made here?

Could I see an uproar if the original flag was burned? Yes -- that flag as a whole heck of a lot of meaning & significance.. but a flag bought at Wal-mart?

If someone burned a home-printed copy of the constitution, would you care?

Interestingly, when I see a flag being burned.. the general notion I take from it isn't tha the burners are destroying the flag/burning the country -- but that they are saying whoever they are protesting is that doing. That if they are protesting Bush, then it's Bush who's destroying the country and they are using the flag to show that.

The whole "hitch" about a country based on freedoms is that you are always, always, always going to have neighbors doing something you don't like. People are diverse.

Back to your post.. the very fact that we are free to burn the flag.. is what's so great about it. If you start to limit freedoms.. then you are limiting what the flag stands for -- you are devaluing it. You are limiting this country.. and, I argue, NOT a patriot. If you want to live in a country with lots of laws that limit what you can and can't do.. well, just close your eyes, spin the globe and jab your finger on a spot (hopefully, you'll get something other than ocean after a few trys).